GPD finds ex-officer's sex act in car violated policy

Published: Friday, April 20, 2012 at 3:53 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, April 20, 2012 at 6:31 p.m.

A Gainesville police officer who resigned during an internal affairs investigation was found to have committed a sexual act with a woman in a car in a public parking lot while off-duty.

An allegation of immoral, unlawful or improper conduct or indecency against Officer Anthony Moore was sustained, according to an internal affairs report.

"When this allegation was first brought to GPD, we took it very seriously and immediately opened an investigation," Cpl. Angelina Valuri said. "We will take swift and appropriate action in these matters."

Moore, who was sworn in as an officer in December 2010, is the latest of several GPD officers found to have had improper sexual activity.

The investigative report states that Moore met the woman when he responded to a domestic disturbance call involving her and her boyfriend.

Moore gave the woman his police cellphone number and would regularly go to her job site, the report states. They would talk about her breaking off her relationship with her boyfriend and whether she should get a domestic violence injunction.

On Jan. 5, Moore called the woman, told her he was getting off duty and asked her to meet him at Gainesville Health and Fitness Center, where he was going for a workout at about 12:30 a.m.

Once there, Moore got out of his police car and into the woman's car, in which they performed a sex act that he initiated, the internal affairs report states.

The woman told investigators she was confused by the situation and felt she could trust him until the incident. The report states Moore continued to go to her workplace, and the woman had to get confrontational to get him to stay away.

"Officer Moore's meeting with the witness … although off-duty, was with the intent to discuss how to obtain a domestic violence injunction and to provide further advice and direction. … Based on that, Officer Moore was acting under the color of his authority when meeting the victim," the report stated.

"Also, although it was dark at the time, the sex act occurred in a vehicle, in a public parking lot, and could have been observed had they parked near or walked by the vehicle while it was taking place. The windows on the vehicle were not tinted."

Valuri said Moore resigned before he could be interviewed for the investigation.

In 2010, former Officer David Reveille entered into a plea agreement after being charged with forcing prostitutes to have sex with him while he was on duty. He was sentenced to two years in prison on charges related to sexual activity with prostitutes while on duty.

In 2009, ex-Cpl. Bill Billings pleaded no contest to felony charges of scheme to defraud and official misconduct in June. He later admitted in court that he paid women for sex while on duty.

<p>A Gainesville police officer who resigned during an internal affairs investigation was found to have committed a sexual act with a woman in a car in a public parking lot while off-duty.</p><p>An allegation of immoral, unlawful or improper conduct or indecency against Officer Anthony Moore was sustained, according to an internal affairs report.</p><p>"When this allegation was first brought to GPD, we took it very seriously and immediately opened an investigation," Cpl. Angelina Valuri said. "We will take swift and appropriate action in these matters."</p><p>Moore, who was sworn in as an officer in December 2010, is the latest of several GPD officers found to have had improper sexual activity.</p><p>The investigative report states that Moore met the woman when he responded to a domestic disturbance call involving her and her boyfriend.</p><p>Moore gave the woman his police cellphone number and would regularly go to her job site, the report states. They would talk about her breaking off her relationship with her boyfriend and whether she should get a domestic violence injunction.</p><p>On Jan. 5, Moore called the woman, told her he was getting off duty and asked her to meet him at Gainesville Health and Fitness Center, where he was going for a workout at about 12:30 a.m.</p><p>Once there, Moore got out of his police car and into the woman's car, in which they performed a sex act that he initiated, the internal affairs report states.</p><p>The woman told investigators she was confused by the situation and felt she could trust him until the incident. The report states Moore continued to go to her workplace, and the woman had to get confrontational to get him to stay away.</p><p>"Officer Moore's meeting with the witness … although off-duty, was with the intent to discuss how to obtain a domestic violence injunction and to provide further advice and direction. … Based on that, Officer Moore was acting under the color of his authority when meeting the victim," the report stated.</p><p>"Also, although it was dark at the time, the sex act occurred in a vehicle, in a public parking lot, and could have been observed had they parked near or walked by the vehicle while it was taking place. The windows on the vehicle were not tinted."</p><p>Valuri said Moore resigned before he could be interviewed for the investigation.</p><p>In 2010, former Officer David Reveille entered into a plea agreement after being charged with forcing prostitutes to have sex with him while he was on duty. He was sentenced to two years in prison on charges related to sexual activity with prostitutes while on duty.</p><p>In 2009, ex-Cpl. Bill Billings pleaded no contest to felony charges of scheme to defraud and official misconduct in June. He later admitted in court that he paid women for sex while on duty.</p><p>Valuri said GPD supported the prosecution of Reveille and Billings.</p><p>"This is not going to be tolerated at GPD," she said.</p>